flim-flam-flirtn.
/ˌflɪmflamˈfləːt/, U.S. /ˌflɪmˌflæmˈflərt/ A nonsensical speech, a gibe.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > instance of
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to have a fling at?1550
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1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. Dd iij Flimflam flirts [thou] out throwst at them that nothing care.
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